How do conference-only games prevent the spread of coronavirus?

Florida and South Carolina have to host Missouri, but can't play their in state rivalries from other conferences because the CFB world has gone full retard.

In the same way that the TSA does anything to keep our airplanes safer, it doesn't.

It's just a half-measure to give a false sense of security and acquiesce some dumb people, just like the TSA.

Fewer games obviously limits opportunities for exposure.

It doesn't but it does give the SEC control of the entire schedule. The SEC would not be dependent upon other conferences that could screw up the season and TV money.

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May question is how is Bana going to dodge playing GA and FL within the this year

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Schedule released from Birmingham:

A1abana:
@Vandy
vs Ole Miss
vs Vandy
@ Arkansas
vs Missouri
vs Arkansas
vs State
vs Ole Miss
vs South Carolina
vs Vandy
vs Vandy
vs Vandy

LSU:
@ Georgia
@ Florida
@ Tennessee
@ Auburn
vs Georgia
vs Florida
vs Tennessee
vs Auburn
(neutral) Georgia
(neutral) Florida
(neutral) Tennessee
(neutral) Auburn

Because conf games only allows flexibility
You are most likely going to have to cancel or postpone SEC games if a team has several positive tests
So let's say Fla Tenn can't be played in Sept due to positive tests on one team than you could have schedule flexibility to move it to a later date for the weekends that will be set aside if you have to do that.
With an eight or ten game schedule that will free up weekends to shift the schedule as it will be a moving target for everyone
Now if the cancellations start to pile up than at that point you pull the plug on the season

I would wager that the main point behind this decision is that there is not uniformity in non-conference schedules, therefore there may be teams that have non-conference opponents that aren't allowed to play at all. So, the only way to make the season as fair as possible is to eliminate the non-conference games and just have everyone play teams in the conference.

It's all about the Benjamins!

I hate to say it but this does make sense to me as a measure to try to hold on to a season. Eliminating the non conference games means vastly reducing the the number second hand contacts that the players will have to risk. Also it means the teams are being exposed to the safety standards of only the one conference. They will not need to trust other conferences are acting with the same level of concern.

Of course I assume they will skip out on the opportunity to have a 12 game conference schedule. Apart from the 5-10 big team non conference games in a given year, a 12 game conference schedule would be amazing to watch.